A UK construction product manufacturer has reclaimed the right to display quality Kitemarks on 14 products, Construction News can reveal. Thomas Dudley, a £71.2m-turnover firm that supplies cast iron, plumbing, casting, utilities and drainage products, successfully acquired a new mark of quality after British Standards Institution (BSI) approval. CN reported in…
Delays to gateway three approvals for higher-risk buildings (HRBs) may trigger financial “instability” among contractors, according to industry analysts. Their warnings came as a Freedom of Information (FOI) request showed 44 schemes are still awaiting a gateway three decision more than three months after those applications were submitted to the…
Bovis Construction (Europe) Limited has opened a Birmingham office as it expands its UK public sector operations. The contractor secured space at Northspring on Temple Street, in Birmingham city centre, three minutes’ walk from Birmingham New Street station. It said that its new base would complements its existing offices in…
Modular healthcare specialist MTX Contracts has been appointed to design and build a major diagnostics and treatment centre in south-east Wales. The contractor is working on the redevelopment of the former British Airways Avionics Engineering site in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, to create the Llantrisant Health Park. The scheme -…
Former Carillion chief executive Richard Howson has withdrawn his court challenge to the punishment handed to him by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) over breaches of financial rules. Howson’s case challenging the FCA’s findings, which were behind a provisional fine of almost £400,000, was originally listed to be heard today…
Graham has signed a £286m contract to redevelop the Cambridge Halls student accommodation at Manchester Metropolitan University. The scheme, which secured planning permission in August 2025, will deliver 2,302 student bedrooms on the university’s All Saints Campus in Hulme. It is being brought forward through a joint venture between Manchester…
Dozens of higher-risk building (HRB) schemes have been stuck for months at the gateway three approval stage with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), new figures show. According to the data, revealed in a freedom of information (FOI) request from law firm Irwin Mitchell, 44 HRB schemes are still awaiting a…
The Manx government is seeking to recoup some of the cash it spent on building the Isle of Man ferry terminal in Liverpool. But the main contractor on the job, John Sisk & Son, has said there is no “ongoing dispute” over the contract. Sisk’s comment came after the island’s…
The refurbishment of a major York city bridge has been pushed back until next year due to delays on the nearby Station Gateway project that is being delivered by John Sisk & Son. The council announced on 6 February that due to “unavoidable delays” to the station upgrade, the bridge…
The High Court has refused to enforce a £2.14m adjudication amid allegations that the JCT contract at its heart was forged. Subcontractor High Tech Construction Ltd (HTC) had taken its client WLP Trading & Marketing Ltd (WLP) to court to summarily enforce the adjudication. It related to payment for work HTC claims it…
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